Established by NCTE, the National Gallery and the National Day, the National Day on Writing Strives to:

1. highlight the remarkable variety of writing we engage in today;

2. provide a collection for research on whether writing today has risen to new highs or sunk to new lows; and

3. help us help others to write better.

Campuses and communities around the nation celebrated the National Day on Writing with webcasts, writing marathons, exhibitions of local writing, and even a six-word memoir challenge.National press coverage of the event celebrates local writers’ contributions to the National Gallery of Writing, where examples of work are published and archived.

This year’s theme is Write My Community. From NCTE’s site:

This year we encourage you to focus your writing on your community in any way you see fit. Post your writing during the National Day on Writing Tweet-Up on October 20 with the hashtag #WriteMyCommunity.

The NYCWP encourages you to participate in the National Day on Writing and to share your stories with us by emailing them to admin@nycwritingproject.org. Some of your and your students work may be featured on this blog!

For more information on the National Day on Writing, please visit the NCTE website.